What Is Metallica's Greatest Song? Spiritbox, GWAR, In Flames and More React
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ม.ค. 2023
- For metalheads, asking someone their favorite Metallica song is like asking a football fan to pick their favorite player. It's a required opinion for headbangers to have, and those opinions vary wildly from fan to fan. Some Metallica heads love 'em all. Some only acknowledge the thrash years. We turned to bigwig metal and rock musicians - including members of Spiritbox, GWAR, In Flames, and more - to pick their choice cuts from one of metal's all-time best discographies. See everyone's picks above and let us know your favorite Metallica song in the comments below!
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Disposable heroes ! That song is just perfection !
That Myles Ulrich chose this song speaks volumes. Really is a top, top Metallica song.
My absolute favorite...by a mile...it's just so good with the build up to that riff...like you said: perfection
AND I'm actually a bigger Megadeth fan than Metallica...but I love them BOTH
THANK YOU!!! I’ve been saying that for 30 yrs.
Back to the front! 🤘
Orion. Just a perfect song, Cliff's bass in that song is just insane.
Exactly.
Not a song.
The fact that everyone has their own favorite song says that Metallica is a great band, which you can rediscover for yourself throughout your life!
Man I can never name a favourite song by Metallica definitively because there’s so many different shades and variety. I have a favourite Metallica song for every mood.
When I want something heavy~
Creeping death
Damage inc
Shortest straw
Harvester of sorrow
Thing that should not be
Of Wolf and man
Something more introspective -
Bleeding me
Hero of the day
Call of Ktulu
@@Grimeyhoob good picks 👍
Call Of Ktulu sends chills down my spine every single time. That clean to heavy build-up is perfection
Dave Mustaine’s ability to write always blows my mind.
Yea that song is a masterpiece. Their ability to take some riffs and arrange into something so incredible and Cliffs roaring monstrous bass in the highlight to that song as is Kirk's melody leads!
So underrated
The bass so makes this song work. it's just raw and heavy.
Ktulu is my fav to listen to live. Cliff and Rob always shred on that song, and it's amazing. how it hasn't been featured in a movie yet is ridiculous
Creeping Death is just absolute perfection in my opinion
Sanitarium for me. One of the best and intros and solos. It's a well written story as much as it is a great song.
Same. Number 2 fade to black, and then blackened
Fade To Black is my fav man. First 'Tallica song I heard & first song I learned on guitar. That song never gets old
They all just forgot about that one in the moment. It's my favourite, too.
Surprising none of them mentioned this. Though most of them don't seem like legit Metallica fans.
Fade to black is a song that has everything
Harvester of Sorrow is a very underrated Metallica song. I always loved its spooky vibe!
Great song
Have you heard the hidden riff if the song after it Frayed End's of Sanity? - this would be an A tier riff in any other band and you can't even hear it on the album because of the solo th-cam.com/video/5BzkMLgXxW8/w-d-xo.html
My favorite Metallica song
@@chris8534 I just listened to it. It was really cool! Thanks for telling me!!
that's mine too. It's really nice to play on guitar, it's slower so it's heavy, and it has great rolling drums and great lyrics
It’s all about Outlaw Torn. The deep cut that never gets cred
To be honest I see it get a lot of credit these days, which is great to see because I strongly agree, it is one of their absolute best.
Just like Bleeding me! I love both
I really feel like if any other band but Metallica had put out Load or Reload, they would be more highly regarded, but because they were the albums the boys "sold out on" everyone shits on them.
The load album is the best . These kids are still
To young but that's ok.
It is a heavy jam, just heavy blues with amazing lyrics. 👏
For whom the bell tolls. It's simple, short and sweet. Also the "take a look to sky just before you die.... It's the last time you will" line is timeless
For me it’s gotta be The Shortest Straw. It’s super heavy, has a great solo and very angry vocals from James
You gotta be kidding about the solo 🤣
@@sixsledges5474what's wrong with the solo? Every solo on AJFA is crazy.
Fight Fire With Fire. What a BANGER!!! Helluva way to be introduced into the genre
One, no doubt about it. Not a single thing about that song could be changed and made any better. Perfection.
bass
@@trick9037 nope
No leaf clover is their best song imo
That's pure perfection
One Live At Seattle’89 Is Easily One Of The Best Live Performances Ever, That Final Breakdown With The Strobe Lighting. Now That’s Perfection!
Good choice Brother Good. My personal favorite is Ride the Lightning
For me the soothing sounds of the Frayed Ends of Sanity!
The Frayed Ends of Sanity for the win!
frayed is the greatest song ever,but i think this song appealed more to guitar players than normal listeners
I thought I was the only one who loved this song. Need moar bass though! lol
Yess!!! 🤘
Fade To Black has always been one of mine. Love how everyone had their own favourites yet everyone can agree Metallica are just awesome.
Loved the Disposable Heros mention. It is my favorite of all time
Agreed. From Lars' son, no less.
My intro to Metallica was through S&M, and the song No Leaf Clover struck a chord with me. It will always be my favorite tune for that reason.
Yes! I remember my middle school teacher playing No Leaf Clover, and it just took my breath away. That's how I discovered Metallica.
Creeping Death, Four Horseman, Dyers Eve. Those are my top 3. So many of theirs songs could be too 3 though. One of the best catalogues in music.
Finally Dyers Eve.
Dyer’s Eve might be their most underrated. It’s an absolute masterpiece.
Dyers Eve underrated
Dyer’s Eve!!! Yes!
Dyers eve on every level is such a ridiculously underrated song. It’s probably the hardest one to play as a band as well
The Thing That Should Not Be, but the S&M live version it’s pure perfection!
I'm partial to the Seattle '89 version
No ever seems to mention my favorite. Hero of the Day. Not heavy but such a good song.
Hero Of The Day is fucking amazing. Top 5 Metallica song for me.
Damage Inc. is mine
The mellowness in the beginning and how leads into the heaviness
Peace before the calm songs are the best
The bridge always gets me tapping my foot and bobbing my head. Such a great song that's overlooked by many!
Love that song
When D standard is a high tuning 😂
Yea it's silly, no room for bass anymore with these new tuning standards
The God That Failed is a huge favorite. The riffs are punchy and my god the solo gets me everytime
In terms of epicness and musical depth - Bleeding Me, hands down.
The Outlaw Torn is amazing too.
Underrated 👌🏻
💯
Welcome home. One of my favourite songs in the album i consider as the best released by Metallica: Master of Puppets.
“Wasn’t one of them in Stranger Things or something??”
Oh Layne😆😆
Got his dad's humour lol
I fully believe their best recorded song is No Leaf Clover. It's a smooth and catchy song, they had absolutely great production (no previous versions) and it was written and recorded with Michael Kamen and the Orchestra! As far as what is "signature" Metallica, yeah, it's obviously not. But in simple terms of recorded music, I think no other song from them touches it.
Hard to narrow down to just one song. Here’s my personal favorites: Orion, Fight Fire with Fire, Fade to Black, One and Master Of Puppets.
Those are solid choices.
Excellent list. I put The God that Failed up there as well. No one ever mentions that one, but the bass is so cool.
@@ericcouch right on! Other then the obvious hits from the Black album, id probably pick either My Friend of Misery or Through the Never.
Orion is definitely # 1... the rest depend on your mood that day. From Fade to Black to Damage Inc
@@maximlarin1102 I agree
Four Horsemen and Blitzkrieg are my favorite. Yes, I know Blitzkrieg is cover. The burp at the end is cherry on top.
Anything from Kill ‘Em All really.
The End of the Line is an underrated gem
Hell yeah
That whole album is underrated tbh
personally, Ride the Lightning for that sick intro and hard hitting downpicked riff following it, one of the greatest solos Kirk has written lasting a staggering 1:20 minutes in the song followed by some of the sickest rhythm riffs, the mustaine's riff and the 84' vocals telling of a convict being executed is just FULL ON metal
i can go on for days talking about that and The Thing That Should Not Be, Four Horsemen, Blackened and others, and i also like the Fade to Black, Sanitarium, AJFA and To Live is to Die and Struggle Within and Enter Sandman and God That Failed and Bleeding Me and Mama Said and so much more
Kirk's greatest solo imho. Followed by the outro to Fade to Black
Leper Messiah is such a powerful song
King Nothing is my favorite. I love the meaning behind it, and it’s super heavy.
Harvester of Sorrow for me. I didn't discover it until well after my musical taste was set in stone, but I was instantly able to pick out how some of my favorite songs feel directly influenced by Harvester. The Binge and Purge version... Perfection!
It's a tough choice.. One, Bleeding Me, My friend of misery, and The day that never comes!
My favorite Metallica song is Whiplash. Especially since the lead-in track is the amazing bass solo by Cliff, (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth. Such a great one-two punch of awesomeness.
I'm impressed with how many questions you squeezed out of all these people in one sitting lol.
My Friend of Misery, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Battery, The Unnamed Feeling, The Unforgiven, Disposable Heroes, The Four Horsemen, No Leaf Clover, Outlaw Torn, Orion, Until it Sleeps, Bleeding Me, The Thing That Should Not Be, -Human, to name just a few of my favourites.
Creeping Death, Battery, God that Failed, or Harvester of Sorrow, are all pinnacles of songwriting and musicianship.
My favorite Metallica song changes with my mood and it could be anything from Kill 'Em All to Hardwired but last week I listed to Wherever I May Roam for the first time in years and that song is absolutely killer. Great song to play loud in your car.
Ronnie Rising Medley is amazing. It's the tribute song they did to Ronnie Dio. Otherwise the version of Master of Puppets they did for Through the Never. I also love No Leave Clover
D Y E R S E V E !
It's fun to listen to a video and nod along with every answer approvingly.
One. I remember Christmas of 2008 when I got Guitar Hero 3, and I was playing through while my dad listened to the music, we both loved it, and when i finally played One, it was the first Metallica song I'd heard, and when my father had heard the intro chords he started tearing up, the song meant and still means so much to him, everytime I hear it, I always think of that christmas of '08, and me and my dad having a great time. Will forever be my #1 Metallica, and maybe overall hard rock song thanks to him.
The title track And Justice for All
Riffs and time signatures galore.
Exactly !!!!!
Eye Of The Beholder. The most underrated song of all time and the best one.
it's not my favorite, but it's so very thrash. it's the definition of it.
@@ericcouch nah that title goes to Whiplash
The message behind that song is very prevalent in todays government. “Freedom of speech is words that they will bend”, “freedom of choice is made for you”, “freedom with their exceptions”
@@ArmyOfNVA yes it is it makes more sense now than it did in 1988 that is the sign of a true classic song. It's timeless. 35 years old now and as relevant as ever. I love the justice album that is my favorite album. Blackened, justice for all, eye of the beholder, shortest straw, Frayed ends are all great and I haven't even mentioned dyers eve or harvester or even one for that matter they're all great lol. Justice with puppets barely behind it and lightning barely being puppets.
I couldn’t even choose honestly I rotate between favorite Metallica song every few months
Master of Puppets. The whole album is awesome. Not much between MOP and Ride the Lightning ⚡️ The first 3 Albums are all great. The instrumentals are great. The cover albums/EPs always have cool interpretations, especially the first Garage Days. Green Hell/Last Caress, Am I Evil ?, Breadfan etc.
I choose between four songs, 1. For whom the Bell tolls, 2. Orion, 3. Fade to black, 4. The Four horsemen. I think I go for The Four horsemen, even though For whom the Bell tolls is amazing.
Orion and Four Horsemen are way underrated. Those are both in my top five.
Personal faves - Blackened, Dyers Eve, Disposable Heroes, All Nightmare Long, DTOM, Spit Out The Bone, Ride The Lightning, Orion
My favorite Metallica album is And Justice for All... and my favorite song of Metallica is Dyers Eve.
entire ride the lighting album is part of my soul since early 90s, its hard to choose a favourite song but if i had to it would be fade to black. then there is -the thing that should not be (puppets).. im amazed no one has mentioned that song.. probably their heaviest song
These are mine in chronological order album wise: Metal Militia, Creeping Death, Leper Messiah, Harvester of Sorrow, The God That Failed.
I love Chris and his responses so much. He is all of us nerds. And one is amazing
1.- Fade to black
2.- Disposable heroes
3.- The day that never comes (extremely underrated song)
I never understood growing out of Metallica when getting into heavier stuff. I fucking love pig destroyer but still love Metallica just as much
I think objectively, ALL things considered including popularity and their effect on the rest of music in general, you can say either Master of Puppets, or Enter Sandman. I definitely have soft spots for leper messiah, sanitarium, every song on RTL lol... harvester of sorrow, the god that failed, of wolf and man...
Hard to nail it down to a single song, so top 4 for me right now would be:
4. Outlaw Torn
3. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
2. Ride the Lightning
1. Unforgiven 3
That's a tough one. I always used to say Creeping Death was mine. But One, Orion, MoP, Trapped Under Ice and Disposable Heroes are my honorable mentions.
Over the course of the last 25+ years I’ve been listening to Metallica, these are the top 5 songs I find myself listening to more than any other:
1. Blackened
2. Creeping Death
3. Outlaw Torn
4. Master of Puppets
5. The Memory Remains.
Other contenders are
•For Whom The Bell Tolls
•The Four Horsemen
•Killing Time
•One
•Through the Never
•Bleeding Me
•Spit Out The Bone
Sam Matlock and Milkie Way saying that the snare on St. Anger is not bad is such a fucking hot take.
The Day That Never Comes is my favourite. Some honourable mentions that I've not seen many people mention: King Nothing, Murder One, ...And Justice for All and The Thing That Should Not Be. They did some questionable things with Load, Reload, and St Anger, but I still like those albums overall. Their consistency for writing excellent songs is astounding. They're also the band that got me into metal, so they'll always hold a special place for me.
Pulling Teeth, Puppets, Cthulhu, Dyers.
But I always just pop the albums on and listen through them in entirety.
1:01 She words this so well. Iv very partial to Death Magnetic because that was the first Album I bout with my own money as a kid. (Sad ik leave me alone) But I love the album. Loud, fast, and clean af. The End of the line And All Nightmare long are massive W’s
Not sad at all! Death Magnetic is a killer album!
I love the day that never comes
Death Magnetic is amazing!
The only thing that drags Death Magnetic down is the production. There are excellent remixes by skilled youtubers that capture a more clear, warm approach. Less loudness, less abrasive. The actual songs are a brilliant 'midway point" between Justice and Black Album. It could have been released in 1990, and if it was, the album would be regarded as another classic from them from that time. 👍 Broken Beat and Scarred, All nightmare Long, My Apocalypse. They could easily have been on the 80s albums.
@@kylereece1979 Love Broken, Beat & Scarred! Love the whole album really.
I know this is wild, but I believe Now That We're Dead is one of their best songs. I just don't know why I feel that.
You know what, I really disagree, but I respect such a unique answer.
I like that song alot I wouldn't put it near the top of the mountain but it is great for sure and I respect your opinion on that. Good to be different. I'd probably have to say blackened gun to my head having to pick one. Justice is my fav album followed by master just behind it and then lightning just behind it. The last two albums are very good some of the best shit they've done since justice and I bet the newest album will follow suit it seems to have the same style.
My favorite is Wherever I May Roam is my absolute go to. But I love Bleeding Me and Hero for a Day and obviously Fuel, it’s a gym song. Interesting everyone else choosing and really young too.
"The Outlaw Torn"
Full 10 minutes version!
🤘🏻
It's hard to pick the greatest but my favourite has got to be Creeping Death.
RTL was the first album of theirs I ever bought when I was really into Maiden back in the 80's.
Didn't really get the other songs that much or thrash metal in general but when that song came on, that was it for me.
It had the similar Maiden chord progressions but way heavier.
Great song to open any show.
1. Fade to Black
2. Orion
3. Bleeding Me
4. Low Man's Lyric
5. Either Fixxxer or The Outlaw Torn. There really are some amazing songs in the Load/Reload albums even if it's not "metal" per se.
Also really dig No Leaf Clover for some reason. Not as perfect as the others in terms of composition, but it there's something about it I love. Love all Metallica but St. Anger. Simply can't get into it.
No Leaf Clover is amazing
A few of my favorites are 'My Friend of Misery', 'Harvester of Sorrow', and 'Outlaw Torn'
In part for sentimental reasons, since it was the first Metallica song I ever heard when I bought the "Master of Puppets" album on cassette tape 37 years ago (!), I'll go with *Battery*
Personal favorite is Fuel (I popped when somebody mentioned that) but I think One is their best song.
Master of Puppets. fast thrash metal, time changes, clean guitar, harmony guitar, infectious chorus with great lyrical content.
One. The very first Metallica song I heard. 34 years on, it's still the best imo. Their Stairway to Heaven.
the second half specifically of fade to black for me is the best moment of metallica
Loved the Baroness guy who mentioned Orion! That would be my choice too :)
Bleeding Me
Metal Militia 🤘 is still my favorite. The intro still blows me away
as a bass player, I lean towards Call of Ktulu and Orion. RTL album is a perfect album to me, so the title song is my pick.
So many: all nightmare long, unforgiven, sad but true, fade to black, ride the lightening, blackened, for whom the bell tolls, bleeding me…
Blackened, creeping death, four horsemen, and Orion. Favorite off the first four.
Ride the Lightening , One , master of Puppets ,
What about from Garage days album ? So many great ones .
No Remorse & Trapped Under Ice.
Very interesting to see a newer generation that doesn't have the same attachment to Metallica as the older bands. If you asked this question 10 years ago, everyone would have a strong opinion about which song was their favorite and no one would say anything post-justice.
I noticed that too. These seem like the answers of people with a fairly superficial enthusiasm for Metallica. I’m 35 and when my band was active 15 years ago every band we played with could’ve given their own Oxford Union Debate Society speech on why like, Frayed Ends of Sanity is better than Damage Inc or which Kirk solo is the most out of key 😂. These answers are kind of disappointing but times change I guess?
@@meshzzizk I am the same age as you but would give the same kind of answers as the bands in here. Not everyone can worship Metallica but you still have to respect what they have done for music.
@@visualdarkness are you also in a professional metal band tho?
@@meshzzizk Nope, but why does it matter?
No chance. Toooo many...they wrote sooo many incredible songs ✨🤘🏼 For me, honestly, i can't say a single song
I can. Dyers Eve.
@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 finally someone that has my same favourite song from them that's the most thrashing song from them
Chamber Music shirt was a cool throwback.
Fade to Black. Thing of beauty.
Battery, Throug the never, Master of puppets but I also like Bleeding Me, Fixxxer and No Leaf Clover . They are just so versatile
My all-time favorite Metallica song is Unforgiven...
No Remorse or Disposable Heroes don't get enough love.
That’s such a loaded question since they have so many great songs, but Enter Sandman was the first song I ever heard and the first I learned on guitar so that song has always had a special place in my heart. But honestly, I think that I’ll have to say that Master of Puppets because of just how fucking hard those riffs go (definitely some of James’s best imo) and its absolutely legendary status of one of the greatest rock/metal albums of all time. Not to mention its recent resurgence in Stranger Things, which was really cool
I agree with Courtney LaPlante.. My first album was the Black Album when I was 12 and it's usually the one I go to.
Master of Puppets: the intro riff, the 1st solo, and the 2nd solo. The transitions seem effortless and its beautiful
Damage Inc.!!! Pure perfection. Follow that up with Battery, Disposable Heroes, and Blackened.
“…everyone expects that of me…in particular…” 😂😂😂
Until it Sleeps is such a good song with layers.
Fight Fire With Fire.... their heaviest.
I gotta say Holier Than Thou, that song is super underrated
I know James hates it but I love Escape.
If I were to pick 1 song off of the black album it would be Sad but True so I can live with her opinion